DEATH BLUES: THE CELEBRATION AND OPPORTUNITY OF EACH MOMENT

An essay written by Jon Mueller explaining the idea behind the Death Blues project. Originally published at ChangeThis.com and reproduced on the back of the Death Blues LP jacket.

“How much time is left? Do we know? Does our plan know? What happens when we thoroughly hold and understand that our lives are finite? How does this understanding of our end shape our present? And how do we become more ‘present?’ Because each moment is an opportunity and a decision.

We all have dreams for the future: Making a million dollars, getting a new car, finishing school, getting a promotion, and achieving any number of goals, while potentially important, might not be possible in this instant. But considering an overdue apology, sending a positive email to someone, calling a family member, talking to a co-worker about a project idea, connecting in any way with someone in order to make something good happen can be done right now. And consider the affect those immediate actions might have on the longer-term goals listed previously. Many big events in our lives are the results of a series of immediate but important smaller events that take place before them. Immediate positive actions are the structural building blocks for what’s to come.”

The moment when these ideas transcend music, words, images, etcetera and become something very personal and very real.

Whatever there is to complain about, or be saddened by, there is also an abundance of things to celebrate.